Word Meaning

infect definition and meaning

v. t. Infected. Cf. Enfect.
v. t. To taint with morbid matter or any pestilential or noxious substance or effluvium by which disease is produced; as, to infect a lancet; to infect an apartment.
v. t. To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague.
v. t. To communicate to or affect with, as qualities or emotions, esp. bad qualities; to corrupt; to contaminate; to taint by the communication of anything noxious or pernicious.
v. t. To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty.

Crossword clues for infect

- Contaminate with a disease
- Pass a disease to